Night Watch
Chapter 7 - In The Moonlight
Beth Greene

Everyone had gone to bed and Daryl was at the watch tower. He asked me to be there a little while ago but I'm still just sitting here in my room. I do want to go see him so I can find out what it was he wanted to show me, I am curious. On the other hand I still don't really want to see Daryl as things between us are really strained and tense right now. We usually end up arguing like we had today already and I don't think I have the emotional energy to have another argument with him, with Daryl it's never just a mini argument and then 10 seconds later we're friends again. We end up screaming and shouting at each other and like today proved… it can get physical. I just don't know if I want to go and see him or wait until tomorrow or wait for a few days. Just until everything has calmed down.

"Screw it" I mumbled to myself before forcing my boots on and grabbing a warm jacket and pulled it over my arms. I stood in my room and took a deep breath and walked out. I managed to walk past everyone else's room without waking them up and I left C Block. I closed the door behind me and made my way towards the watch tower.

"Dint think you were gonna show up" Daryl said as I got onto the catwalk.

"I nearly didn't" I replied.

"Well I'm glad you did" He said.

"What is it you want Daryl? If you're looking for another fight then just tell me so I can go. I don't have the emotional energy for another fight today" I told him.

"I don't wanna fight" He stated.

"Then what is it?" I asked.

"I just wan' you to understand somethin'. When you told me that you had a crush on me, I was shocked. I dint think I was that sort of person to you. I admit I reacted badly, I shoulda listened to you more and not freaked out the way I did but you gotta understand we can' be like that. You're 18 years old and I'm 36 years old. I gotta lot respect for your father, I don' think he'd appreciate that sort of relationship between us. I want you to know that there's nothin' wrong with you, you'd make any guy happy but that guy ain't me" He explained.

"I've listened to everything you've said since I told you. You've said that we can't be together because of my age, my father and everything else but not once have you said you didn't feel the same way. If you do feel the same way then who cares? If we can make each other happy then shouldn't we do that?" I questioned.

"We can' Beth" He said.

"Screw my daddy! Screw the age gap! What about what we want?!" I exclaimed.

"Be quiet" He ordered and turned to the walkers to see if they had heard me but I don't think they did, I wasn't that loud "There are many more factors Beth. It's not as easy as likin' someone. What if we got together, fell in love then one is ripped away from the other? What then? I don' wanna ever go through what Rick did an I know you don' either. This is the end of the world. Nothin' is easy no more" He told me.

"That's a maybe. We might survive all this and grow old together" I said.

"You saw what it did to Rick. I don' wanna ever feel like that. Like my heart is ripped out of my chest and stamped on, I don' ever want someone to feel like that bout me… not if I can stop it" He said.

I took a step closer to Daryl and placed my hand on his arm. He didn't flinch away like I thought he would, we stood there for a minute or two in silence just looking at each other. I could see the fear in Daryl's eyes. He was scared of the feelings he had and he's scared of the feelings I had for him. I moved my head a little more forward and waited for Daryl to back off but he didn't. I moved even closer and put my lips on his, we didn't move, it was just a small and sweet kiss that lasted a couple of seconds and then I pulled away from him "Tell me that didn't feel right" I said to him softly, my voice just above a whisper.

"We can' Beth" He replied.

"Of course we can. I'm not saying everything is going to be perfect and we're probably not gonna get a Disney story happily ever after but that doesn't mean we can't be happy together" I told him and he looked down "If you can honestly say that the kiss felt wrong and you don't have feelings too then I'll walk away and forget all about it" I said to him.

"You know I can' say that" He told me.

"We can be happy Daryl… I know it" I said to him and I moved my hand down his arm to grab his hand.

Daryl didn't say anything for a moment. He froze when I held his hand, he wasn't used to all this physical contact with one person. It wasn't something he was comfortable with, I wanted to prove to him that physical contact with someone isn't a bad thing. I wanted to prove that we could be happy once he got over his insecurities.

"What if somethin' happens?" He asked.

"Then we'll cross that bridge if we come to it" I told him "C'mon Daryl. Stop over thinking everything. You know we can be happy together if you just give us a chance. If you really don't think it will work between us then I'll walk away right now" I said.

"Screw it" He stated and he kissed me.

This kiss lasted longer. It was more passionate and wanting. I moved my hand from Daryl's hand and wrapped both my hands around his neck, Daryl wrapped his arms around me and his hands landed on my waist. We stood there in the moonlight kissing, I could taste the tobacco on his breath. His lips moved against mine and nothing else in the world mattered. It didn't matter what was going on around us or what people thought of us, we were going to be happy with each other and try to make some sort of life together. We pulled away from the kiss when we needed air. We just stood there looking into each other's eyes. We didn't move our hands away from each other. Daryl put his forehead against mine and we both breathed deeply trying to get our breaths back but we did eventually pull away properly to give each other space.

"Are you sure you want this?" He asked.

"Never been more sure of anything" I said.

"Ok but I do think we should tell your father. I don' wan' him findin' out from someone else" He told me.

"I agree, I don't like keeping secrets from him" I said "But I wanna enjoy just you right now" I added and smiled at him before leaning in for another kiss.

I had decided to stay on watch with Daryl for the rest of the night. We shared sweet kisses every now and again and we held hands. I didn't want to push Daryl so I made sure I gave him his space so he didn't feel trapped or anything. I thought Daryl would have put up a little bit more of a fight to try and convince me that us being together is a bad idea, he gave in rather quickly. Maybe he wanted this as much as I did and just needed to hear someone tell him that he didn't have to be worried. He just needed reassurance and I know if I keep reassuring him and his space every now and again we'll be ok.

Daryl and I were taken off watch and we made our way back to C Block. I told Daryl I didn't want to tell my dad just yet as we only sort of got together last night but we would give it a few days and see how things work out and then we will speak to him about everything. I think my daddy would be ok with me and Daryl being together, my daddy respects Daryl and the two of them get along really well. I know he may be a little concerned because of the age gap but I think he will over look that after a day or two then Daryl and I can really begin our life together.

When Daryl got back to C Block we saw that everyone had left and were probably eating breakfast. The two of us walked to my room and we sat down on the edge of my bed, Daryl was holding my one hand in his two big hands. He did seem a little unsure if this was ok so I leaned my head on his shoulder to let him know I like us being close and the physical contact between us.

"You ok?" I asked him.

"Never better" He replied.

I smiled and leaned up to kiss him on the cheek "I'm happy you decided I was worth a chance" I told him.

"Of course you're worth a chance. You mean a lot and I just don' want you to get hurt" He said.

"You don't need to worry about my so much, I'm tougher then I look you know" I stated.

"I know" He replied.

I removed my head from his shoulder "You should go and get some rest, we're both tired" I said and he agreed. Daryl and I shared a sweet kiss and Daryl left my room and made his way to his own room. I smiled as I laid down on my bed. I brought my fingers up to my lips to try and savour all the kiss' Daryl and I had shared in the last few hours.

I really hope you all enjoy this chapter!

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